World leaders face new rule at UN meeting: vaccination

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021, record photograph provided by United Nations, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, left, and Volkan Bozkir, right, president of the 75th league of the United Nations General Assembly, applaud arsenic Abdulla Shahid, center, receives the gavel arsenic the caller president of the 76th league of the UNGA astatine U.N. headquarters. World leaders volition person to beryllium vaccinated against the coronavirus to talk astatine the U.N. General Assembly's large gathering adjacent week, the assembly person and New York City officials said this week, prompting swift objections from astatine slightest 1 nation.(Evan Schneider/United Nations Photo via AP, File)

By: The Associated Press & Scripps National

Posted at 8:05 PM, Sep 15, 2021

and past updated 2021-09-15 21:05:44-04

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — World leaders volition person to beryllium vaccinated against the coronavirus to talk astatine the U.N. General Assembly’s large gathering adjacent week.

The assembly president and New York City officials made the announcement this week.

The caller request is prompting swift objections from astatine slightest 1 nation: Russia. The country's ambassador requested a gathering to sermon the decision, AFP reported.

The diplomatic world’s premier lawsuit is being held successful idiosyncratic for the archetypal clip during the pandemic. More than 100 heads of authorities oregon authorities and 23 furniture ministers program to present their countries’ signature speeches.

It’s not instantly wide however the vaccination request volition beryllium enforced.

However, according to AFP, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said the metropolis would connection the Johnson & Johnson vaccine astatine the UN Headquarters.

The wide assembly begins Tuesday.

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